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This week's Ticklist features a hard first ascent, a Swiss rampage, and a future phenomenon...

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"The granite is mostly good, footholds very small, and ice non-existent, which makes for a nice challenge."

Sounds like a challenge for someone without tools then.

Was waiting to see it you included this.

https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/alpinism/grandes-jorasses-directe-de...

GMHM team of French alpinists on an absolute jaw-dropping rampage. Just a fortnight after repeating the Harlin Direct on the Eiger N Face. And in amazing style too, freeing all but the A3 pitch.

Deeply poignant. Korra Pesce wrote a vivid article describing it as "the most challenging route up the Jorasses" from his own ascent in 2014 with Martin Elias. Probably the last time it was climbed.  This time it was climbed while Korra and Tomy Aguilo were putting up their new route on Cerro Torre, prior to the tragedy on the descent.